Beef Stew

What you need:

• 1 pound stew meat, cut into bite sized pieces
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 can beef broth
• 1 packet dry Lipton Beefy Onion Soup mix
• 3 cups water
• 1 can diced tomatoes, drained
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 3 red potatoes, peeled and diced into bite sized pieces
• 1 onion, chopped in large pieces
• 1 can beef gravy
• 1 Tablespoon cornstarch

What you do:

Brown meat in olive oil over medium-high heat. Pour in broth and mix in Lipton soup mix. Add water and tomatoes. Bring to a boil, cover and turn down to medium-low heat to simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour. Add in carrots, continue to simmer for another 15 minutes. Add in potatoes and onion and simmer an additional 30 minutes. Take off heat and pour in gravy. Mix together cornstarch and 1 Tablespoon of broth from stew in a small bowl and then pour back into stew to help thicken. Serve with buttered sourdough bread.